Inventor · Suwa, JP

Masanao Kunugi

31Patents
10h-index
37Co-inventors
75Inventor score

Filing activity: May 3, 1988 → Apr 23, 2018

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5336000A Thermal transfer type printer and method of rejuvenating an ink sheet employed in the printer Performing Operations; Transporting 26 Expired
US5296266A Method of preparing microcapsule Physics 22 Expired
US5053821A Electrophotographic image forming apparatus using photoconductive toner Physics 21 Expired
US6907215B2 Developing device and image forming apparatus incorporating the same Physics 15 Expired
US4921768A Electrophotographic image forming Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 15 Expired
US5324885A Roller member for an electrophotographic device Performing Operations; Transporting 12 Expired
US6233424A Image receiving sheet having particular critical surface tension, viscoelastic, and rockwell hardness characteristics and image receiving apparatus using the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 11 Expired
US5438395A Development process Physics 11 Expired
US5214239A Apparatus for forming an electrophotographic image having a novel toner carrier Performing Operations; Transporting 11 Expired
US7565099B2 Developing device and image forming apparatus having a toner-particle bearing roller with a helical groove portion Physics 10 Active
US6875550B2 Non-magnetic single-component toner, method of preparing the same, and image forming apparatus using the same Physics 9 Expired
US6312788A Image receiving sheet and image receiving apparatus using the same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 9 Expired
US5659858A Developing method and system Physics 8 Expired
US4948692A Combination toner and printer utilizing same Physics 8 Expired
US6994942B2 Non-magnetic single-component toner, method of preparing the same, and image forming apparatus using the same Physics 8 Expired
US7292797B2 Toner quantity measuring device, method of measuring toner quantity and image forming apparatus Physics 7 Expired
US5708941A Developing apparatus using non-magnetic spherical toner particles Physics 7 Expired
US5570168A Development process Physics 6 Expired
US5424815A Developing device Performing Operations; Transporting 4 Expired
US5766813A Developing method and system for transferring toner from a toner carrier member to a latent image carrier Physics 3 Expired
US7041423B2 Developing method and image forming method Physics 3 Expired
US7135260B2 Imaging system Physics 2 Expired
US5439769A Developing method and system Physics 1 Expired
US10036463B2 Robot and gear device Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 1 Active
US10344848B2 Robot, gear device, and manufacturing method for gear device Chemistry; Metallurgy 1 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.